Board certified in Anesthesiology/Critical Care, Dr. Simmons-Rasmussen completed her medical degree at Howard University in Washington, DC, internship at Penn Presbyterian Medical Center in Philadelphia, residency at the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, and pain management fellowship at Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston.

She joined the First Physicians Group practice of Eugene Pereira, MD, and Lindsay Shroyer, MD, on Oct. 26. The group practices at Sarasota Memorial’s four Pain Medicine Program locations in Sarasota, Osprey and Bradenton.

About Sarasota Memorial’s First Physicians Group
First Physicians Group is backed by the tradition and strength of the Sarasota Memorial Health Care System. The group of more than 100 primary and specialty care physicians have been carefully selected and recruited to provide the community with compassionate and comprehensive medical care. Specialties include: Internal Medicine, Dermatology, Family Practice, Perinatology, Pediatrics, Obstetrics/ Gynecology, Gynecology-Oncology, Pain Management and Cardiovascular Surgery